1) Stunt driver evil knievel jumped across 50 cars stacked four deep in the Los Angeles Collesium.
2)U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won an unprecedented seven gold medals at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
3)Secretariat won the Triple Crown of horse racing, winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and then the Belmont.
In technolgy
1)The first use of card access Electronic Locks appear.
2)As people realized the power of these new home computers a new use was found and that was the beginning of the Video game.
3)Due in part to the increased use of the 747 a Jumbo Jet able to carry large numbers of passengers across continents air travel booms and causes new problems with pollution, delays and air traffic control.
in the world
1) The soviet union was at a cold war with the united states.
2) Australia cancels it's involvement in U.S.-led MX missle tests.
3)The second person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 620 days.
In fashion
1)By 1970 women chose who they wanted to be and if they felt like wearing a short mini skirt one day and a maxi dress, midi skirt or hot pants the next day - that's what they did.
2)Nehru jackets and loose flowing robes from hot countries made their way to world cities and permeated down to mainstream fashion
3)Foul smelling untreated bags from far flung countries began to creep into the UK.
In Their lifetime
In the united states
1) There were many fears about the soviet union and that there was going to be a nuclear holocaust.2)After nearly 10 years of war in Vietnam 1973 was also the year that allied forces pulled out of Vietnam.
3) President Richard Nixon was forced to resign on August 8th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cold_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_(president)
In popular culture
1) The popular music was journey, madonna, adam ant, Def leppard, and billy idol.2) Progressive rock created a new generation of bands.
3) Happy days, which followed the lives of a group of fifties-era teenagers, was TV's primary nod to nostalgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_1980s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_1980s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_1980s
in sports
1) Stunt driver evil knievel jumped across 50 cars stacked four deep in the Los Angeles Collesium.2)U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won an unprecedented seven gold medals at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
3)Secretariat won the Triple Crown of horse racing, winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and then the Belmont.
In technolgy
1)The first use of card access Electronic Locks appear.2)As people realized the power of these new home computers a new use was found and that was the beginning of the Video game.
3)Due in part to the increased use of the 747 a Jumbo Jet able to carry large numbers of passengers across continents air travel booms and causes new problems with pollution, delays and air traffic control.
in the world
1) The soviet union was at a cold war with the united states.2) Australia cancels it's involvement in U.S.-led MX missle tests.
3)The second person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 620 days.
In fashion
1)By 1970 women chose who they wanted to be and if they felt like wearing a short mini skirt one day and a maxi dress, midi skirt or hot pants the next day - that's what they did.2)Nehru jackets and loose flowing robes from hot countries made their way to world cities and permeated down to mainstream fashion
3)Foul smelling untreated bags from far flung countries began to creep into the UK.